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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 13,"On the Stump" through Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which form discussed in Chapter 3, "The Power of the Prologue," is generally not written by the author of the main piece of writing?
(a) Introduction.
(b) Preface.
(c) Prologue.
(d) Foreward.

2. In Chapter 13, "On the Stump," Foster says that the outsider exposé has what advantage over the insider exposé?
(a) Immediacy.
(b) Objectivity.
(c) Accuracy.
(d) Perspective.

3. Based on Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what would Foster call a journalist writing a general survey of the field of string theory?
(a) Amateur profiles.
(b) Expert testimony.
(c) Journalistic compilation.
(d) Interrogation of text.

4. According to Foster in Chapter 9, "Living the News," what is McPhee's purpose in comparing geological change over time to a road trip?
(a) He is trying to make something unfamiliar easier to understand.
(b) He is using humor to engage his audience.
(c) He is constructing a warrant to link claim to grounds.
(d) He is demonstrating how creative a nonfiction writer can be.

5. In Chapter 10, "From the Inside Out," which claim does Foster make about thesis statements?
(a) It does not need to limit the content of the essay.
(b) No one can truly come up with a "unique" thesis.
(c) An implied thesis is more sophisticated than a directly stated thesis.
(d) A thesis can be placed anywhere in an essay.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Interrogating the Text," where does Foster say the "three questions" originate?

2. Based on Chapter 14, "The Universe of Ideas/Ideas of the Universe," what would Foster call a journalist writing about a biologist and her discoveries?

3. In Chapter 15, "Reading Internet Sources," what does Foster say a subreddit is?

4. In Chapter 9, "Living the News," which author does Foster say is at the opposite "pole" of New Journalism from Hunter S. Thompson?

5. Whom does Foster name, in Chapter 11, "Life from the Inside," as the "inheritors" (164) of the legacy of Apologia Pro Vita Sua?

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